“World premiere of 1949 Ford – Henry Ford II (right), president of Ford Motor Company, and his brother, Benson, a company vice president, stand beside a new model at press preview, June 9th, of the world premiere of 1949 Fords at the Waldorf-Astoria. They held no hope that a prospective buyer could walk into a Ford dealer and get immediate delivery before 1950 at the earliest.”